Robin van Persie, out of contract at the end of the upcoming season, has announced that he will not sign a new contract with Arsenal. Cue pandemonium.
Arsenal Return Fire Following Robin Van Persie Statement
The Gunners don’t seem to think so:
Which is interesting. It’s not clear what their reasoning is, but SB Nation Arsenal blog the Short Fuse thinks that holding on to van Persie and letting him leave on a free transfer at the end of the year might be worthwhile if the bids for their talismanic striker don’t come in particularly high:
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WEST BROMWICH, ENGLAND - MAY 13: Robin Van Persie of Arsenal during the Barclays Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Arsenal at The Hawthorns on May 13, 2012 in West Bromwich, England. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) Getty ImagesThe announcement almost certainly means that van Persie will be sold in the summer, as Arsenal cannot allow its most important asset to walk away on a free transfer. There’ll be interest from the usual big-money suspects, and the Gunners should at least be able to get a bidding war started. Still, that won’t do much to help mitigate the damage caused by losing a player who carried them to a Champions League berth last season.
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